I. əd-ˈvan-tij noun
Etymology: Middle English avantage, from Anglo-French, from avant before, from Late Latin abante
Date: 1523
1. : superiority of position or condition
higher ground gave the enemy the advantage
2. : a factor or circumstance of benefit to its possessor
lacked the advantage s of an education
3.
a. : benefit , gain ; especially : benefit resulting from some course of action
a mistake which turned out to our advantage
b. obsolete : interest 2a
4. : the first point won in tennis after deuce
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- to advantage
II. transitive verb
( -taged ; -tag·ing )
Date: 1549
: to give an advantage to : benefit